Monthly Archives: November 2007

Politics Returns to Ustream Tonight with several Republican candidates streaming live during and after the CNN/Youtube Debate. One noted is Governor Mitt Romney who is picking up steam in the Republican polls.

Also tonight, Congressman Dennis Kucinich will stream his Town Hall On The Constitution starting at 8pm EST.

We continue to believe strongly the impact of live video on the political landscape. Bringing more information to voters, more interaction with candidates and more live events allows you to make a more informed decision.

Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama makes his Ustream.TV return tomorrow for a discussion on US Foreign Policy. Senator Obama will conclude a three-day trip to New Hampshire tomorrow, Tuesday, November 27, with a foreign policy forum in Portsmouth.

Senator Obama believes our policies are stronger when they benefit from the input, values and common sense of the American people, and that requires an open dialogue. Obama will discuss his foreign policy vision with New Hampshire voters and some of his top advisors in an open, participatory format.

The following local and national foreign policy experts will join Senator Obama:

Â· Richard Danzig â€“ Former Secretary of the Navy under President Clinton

Â· Tony Lake â€“ National Security Advisor to President Clinton

Â· Adm. John Hutson (USN Ret.) â€“ Bow, NH resident; Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center; former U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General and nationally-known expert on detention and interrogation policy

The Last Goodnight is coming to Ustream! On November 20th at 5pm EST/10pm London, the band will chat live with their fans across the world. Ustream is teaming up with meebo.com for this event.

The Last Goodnight have been touring extensively since the release of their major-label debut album, Poison Kiss, this past summer, playing certain dates with American Idol finalist Elliot Yamin. The band originally hails from Connecticut, and their music has been featured on the television program Brothers & Sisters.

Well, it has happened again and this time Senator Gravel’s campaign is more aggressive and more public about their Alternative Debate. Tonight at 7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST, Senator Gravel will once again stream live on Ustream giving his own thoughts for EVERY answer from the Democratic Presidential field.

If you haven’t heard the great news, Bebo announced today the launch of its Open Media Platform for its 40 million registered users. Ustream.TV is one of these launch partners and we are in great company with companies like MTV, CBS, and Jibjab.

â€œUstream.TV provides a new capability for Bebo members and enables powerful, real-time, interactive content in their profiles,â€ Joanna Shields, President of Bebo. â€œAs live video becomes an important feature of social networking, the potential will be unlimited, from musicians sharing music with fans to professors broadcasting lectures for distanced learning.â€

â€œBebo provides content creators, whether individuals, groups, or large organizations, with a means to reach targeted audiences through live video,â€ said Brad Hunstable, president and co-founder, Ustream.TV. â€œBebo represents a significant new distribution channel for Ustream content, and we believe the synergies between our two platforms will redefine social networking as a fully realized, live, interactive communications medium.â€

We continue to grow like wild fire (I’m from Texas people!) and we are honored to be in such great company. Many big announcements in the future for Ustream and our first major product release will occur very soon. shhh… stay tuned!

I remember in my high school Physics class we did a egg drop competition. The idea was to construct a device that would protect a egg and with stand a 2 story fall created out of normal everyday materials. The project was pass/fail. Broken egg equaled failure and a whole egg equaled passing.

For weeks I developed mathematical models and conducted hard core engineering analysis knowing my egg would land like a feather. The elaborate device I created was both beautiful and scientifically sound. On the big day, I dropped my creation only to watch my egg break and splatter into a million pieces.

That’s why when I watched 8th graders at Northbrook Junior High School test their contraptions in their annual egg drop, a flood of memories came back to me.

This event was especially intriguing as well because the parents of the students were able to watch this live from home and work. Earlier in the week, another school broadcasted their students science project presentations during school hours for their parents.

I absolutely love these type of uses of Ustream. Microbroadcasting for the masses to me is so exciting because of exactly events such as this. I’m glad these parents were able to witness their son and daughter’s egg heroics ……….or tragedies.